Subserie 01 - Membership, Occupations and Events

• Documento textual

9 cm of textual records

This subseries contains records tracking statistics concerning membership and demographics within the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in the London diocese. The data recorded in these statistics covers the time period 1858 to 2009. Material includes surveys, lists, quantitative summaries, and correspondence. These statistics log the ages and numbers of novices, postulants, professed Sisters, withdrawals, and Superiors within the community. There is also material tracking Sisters’ deaths, funerals, and burial locations. The Sisters’ works and occupations are a major topic, particularly their involvement in Ontario and Alberta. There are records tracking the positions of leadership within the community and the various missions, hospitals, and motherhouses the Sisters were involved with. This includes those who were General Superiors, on the General Counsil, or Treasurers. There are also statistics concerning Sisters’ occupations, particularly as teachers and health care workers. Some statistics are based on specific events, such as Sisters’ jubilees and the Sisters’ chosen religious names after Vatican II.

In relation to the statistical information, there is correspondence from the General Council about the appointment of Treasurers and a letter from the Sacred Congregation for Religious and for Secular Institutes in Rome requesting information for the 1971 Annuario Pontificio, the Holy See’s annual directory.